Catholics Confront Global Poverty

MAY 2009 

 

Sharing Life with the Poor of the Amazons

Fr. Matteo Antonello poses with children from a rural community where
the Xaverian Missionaries serve in San Felix do Xingu in Northern Brazil.

Another Xaverian Missionary, Fr. Jim Clark shares: "For the last four years my home has been a forty-foot wooden boat, traveling along the many rivers, which make up the Amazon estuary, as the only priest in a Parish of 72 islands, 60 Basic Christian Communities, 500 square miles and 40,000 inhabitants.I have witnessed hope against hope. I have sat with the children as the local catechist explain that Jesus came to bring life in abundance. I have danced with the young people as they celebrate life and walked with them in their marches to promote a life more dignified. I have participated with the mothers in their meetings to improve the health care for their children. I have shared the hope of the fishermen and small farmers in demanding their rights and guaranteeing their voices be heard. I have sat in their homes and shared their anxieties and indulged in their dreams. I have been part of formation courses where the thirst to learn has been palpable. I have celebrated the sacraments with a people who want to increase their faith and who believe that Jesus is, indeed, the Way, the Truth and the Life."  More... 

 

 

The Eucharist Urges Us to Change the World

"I sincerely hope the Year of the Eucharist will inspire every Christian community to respond with "fraternal solicitude to some of the many forms of poverty present in our world," because "by our mutual love and, in particular, by our concern for those in need we will be recognized as true followers of Christ. This will be the criterion by which the authenticity of our Eucharistic celebrations is judged."

Pope John Paul II 
Read the Entire Message...

 

Join Us to Confront Global Poverty

Raneen Qumsieh and Mariam Syriani
live in Bethlehem in the West Bank.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) call on one million Catholics in the United States to confront global poverty. 
The goal of Catholics Confront Global Poverty is to educate and mobilize one million Catholics in the United States to defend the life and dignity of people living in poverty throughout the world, and urge our nation to act in response to the many faces of poverty. Read "The Faces of Global Poverty," [PDF] which provides a framework for the Catholics Confront Global Poverty initiative. Or, read a summary [PDF] of what the campaign hopes to accomplish.
Sign up to join Catholics Confront Global Poverty, and be one of one million Catholics working to confront poverty.

 

 

Take Actions to...

...improve and increase U.S. international assistance, so people like Domingas de Sousa, of East Timor, can lift themselves out of poverty. Learn more 

...reform global trade and agricultural policies, so that people like Rasmata Sawadogo, in Burkina Faso, can flourish, and smaller farmers in the United States are protected. Learn more

...promote comprehensive immigration reform and address the root causes of migration, so the rights and dignity of migrants like Anselmo Ramundo, of Guatemala, can be upheld. Learn more

 

 

World Culture: Choc Quib Town

Choc Quib Town is a group from the Pacific coast of Colombia that combines the rural sound with hip hop. A street full of sound and genuine joy. 

Choc Quib Town offers an energetic and joyful blend of Afro-Colombian sounds and hip hop. Choc Quib Town (Chocó Quibdo Our people). Their name honors the land where they were born, Chocó, an area of taste and open hearts, and lots of tears and struggle of people with a desire to excel. 
Listen to a track. Check out their website

 

Issue #14 - May 2009

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In this issue

• With the Poor of the Amazons 
• Eucharist and the Poor 
• Confront Global Poverty 
• Take Action
• Choc Quib Town

 

Catholics Confront Global Poverty

• Join CCGP 
• Action Alerts 
• About CCGP 
• Pray, Learn, Share
• Other Issues

Church Teaching on Global Mission

• To the Ends of the Earth, US Bishops 
• Teaching the Spirit of Mission, US Bishops 
• Best Practices in Teaching Mission, US Bishops 
• Mission of the Redeemer, John Paul II
• World Mission 2008, Benedict XVI

Global Mission Links

News from the Missions Worldwide
Focus on Mission for Young Adults
Mass Readings and Missionary Prayers
Mission Intentions of the Holy Father
Martyrs of the Xaverian Missionaries
St. Francis Xavier
St. Therese Lisieux
Xaverian Mission Newsletter

 

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NO BORDERS:

PASSION FOR CHRIST -
PASSION FOR HUMANITY

Contact:

Fr. Carl Chudy, SX
St. Francis Xavier Missionaries
12 Helene Court
Wayne, New Jersey 07470
973-942-2975
Email us
Xaverian Missionaries Website
Check the Xaverian Blog

 

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